Telephone pay station



Oct. 7 1924.

G. A. LONG TELEPHONE PAY STATION Fileo Nov. 24. 1923 Patented Oct. 7, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. LONG, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNO'R T GRAY TELEPHONE PAY STATION COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NEC'I'ICUT.

TELEPHONE PAY STATION.

Application filed November 24, 1928.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon A. LONG, citizen of the United States of America, residing at 32 Lorraine Street Hartford, in the county of Hartford and tate of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone Pay Stations, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to telephone pay 1 stations. A lar e number of these stations is found in the nited States Patent Ofiice and they are made by the Western Electric Company and the Gray Telephone Pay Station Company. Both concerns are so far as I am aware the only ones engaged in this business. Letters Patent No. 917,742 shows a .type of such telephone pay station. In recent years it has been quite a common thing for evilly inclined persons to commit depredations upon these instruments. Among other things they push off the locks and break out the front of the money boxes. Among the many important objects I have in view are the provision of means simple in construction and effective in action and by which the injury to articles of the character set forth is practically reduced if not altogether eliminated.

In the drawing accompanying and form- 80 ing part of the present specification, I have illustrated in detail a form of telephone pay station, which involves the invention, and will hereinafter set forth the invention. I am not restricted to such showing. I may I depart therefrom in a number of particulars within the sco of the invention. As a matter of fact, t e invention involves certain methods or procedures which will also be set forth.

Referring to. said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the coin portion of such a structure.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation looking toward the left. A

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the lock car rier door with the lock thereon.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are respectivel collective views of the front member of t e door in successive stages of the production.

Figs. 7 to 13 inclusive represent respectively collective views of the rear member of Serial No. 676,730.

the door in successive stages of its production.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

In a number of United States Patents issued to me and especially in Patent No. 912,389 of February 16, 1909 and to which reference may be had, I show a structure involving a coin boX and above which three chutes are arranged. The three chutes accommodate respectively nickels, dimes and quarters in their descent toward the coin box that give various characters of audible signals, which are distinct from each other and which are transmitted to the central oflice operator. In the present case I show in Figs. 1 and 2 such a coin box 2 which has an opening 3 to receive the coin drawer and which is usually held under lock and key. In the opening 3 fits a door, as 4, the corners of which, as shown by Figs. 1 and 6, are rounded. In addition to this the door has on its front and near its edge the bead 6 of rectangular and continuous formation, as shown best in Fig. 1. The head has from its inner side the 'wall 7. This type of structure, which is represented in Figs. 2 and 6, makes one which is quite difficult to remove by the aid of punches as evil inclined persons have been able to do in the past with ease.

A lock such as answers my purpose in preventin wrongful opening of the door is that enoted in a general way by 8 and mounted between the body 9 of a plate 10, having depending legs 11 and 12 and which is fitted in the opening 13 of the plate 14 attached by welding, as 15, to the front plate or door 4. The lock has a bolt 15, Figs. 2 and 4, which when in active relation is engaged by the keeper 16 on the front of the box or body/3.

The look, as explained, is carried by the bod 9 to which it is united by welding, as indicated in Figs. 9 to 14 inclusive.

Prior to the present structure it was not a I difiiculty to pry off the lock 8 but by mountin it other than on the plate 4 considerable di culty is attended.

What I claim is:

1. A telephone pay station comprising a coin box having an opening, a door to fit the opening, a plate attached to the door and carrying a lock at the top and a toe at the bottom bearing against the inside of the un- 5 der edge of sald opening.

2. A telephone pay station comprising a coin box having an opening, a door to fit the opening, a

plate attached to the door and carrying a lock at the top and a toe at the bottom bearing against the inside of the under edge of said opening, the door having exterior] a bead near the outer edge thereof roun ed in cross section and of continuous formation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si ature.

GEORGE A. NG. 

